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‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [‎156v] (314/428)

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The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1939-9 Jun 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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(d) for the application, in relation to Regulations so continued in force, of
sections nineteen and twenty of the Act of 1946 , subject to such except
tions, adaptations and modifications as His Majesty or the said authority
thinks necessary or expedient:
Now, therefore. His Majesty in pursuance of subsection ( 1 ) of section
eighteen of the Act of 1946, and of all other powers enabling Him in that
behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order,
and it is hereby ordered, as follows: —
1. This Order may be cited as the Emergency Laws (Transitional Provi
sions) (Colonies, etc.) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1946 .
2— ( 1 ) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) the expression “ territory ” includes the territorial waters, if any,
adjacent thereto, and any dependency thereof;
(b) the expression “ Governor ” in relation to any territory includes any
person administering the Government of the territory, and, in the case
of Zanzibar, means the British Resident or the person lawfully discharging
his functions;
(c) the expression “ Defence Regulation ” means a Regulation made bv
the Governor under the principal Order.
(2) Ihe Interpretation Act, 1889(a), shall apply to the interpretation of this
Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3— ( 1 ) The Governor of any territory mentioned in the Schedule to this
Order may by Order provide—
(a) for the continuation in force, notwithstanding the expiry of the Emer
gency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 to 1945 , until the thirty-first day
of December, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, of any Defence Regu
lations having effect in the territory, being Defence Regulations
which appear to the Governor to be required for purposes similar
to those for which the Defence Regulations specified in the First Schedule
to the Act of 1946 are required, or for purposes similar to the purposes
of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after
the first day of September, 1939 . and in force at the date of the passing
of the Act of 1946 ;
(b) that any Defence Regulation so continued in force shall have effect
subject to such exceptions, limitations and modifications as the Governor
thinks necessary or expedient.
( 2 ) Any Regulation so continued in force may be revoked in whole or
in part by the Governor, and the Governor may make any saving provisions
which he thinks necessary or expedient to take effect on the revocation or
expiry of any such Regulation.
4.—( 1 ) Section three of the Act of 1939 as extended by the principal Order
(which relates to the extra-territorial operation of Defence Regulations) shall,
notwithstanding the expiry of the said Act, continue to apply (so far as
applicable) to any Defence Regulation continued in force under this Order.
( 2 ) Section seven of the Act of 1939 as so extended (which relates to the
proof of instruments) shall, notwithstanding the expiry of the said Act,
(a) 52 & 53 Viet. c. 63.

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The file contains correspondence relating to, and copies of the various orders, regulations and notices, issued under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Emergency) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham; Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway).

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1 file (212 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 194-212) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 2; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-185 and in the file notes between ff 194-212; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Foliation anomaly: f 50 a, f 50.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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